Acting Secretary Davis Before Air Board on Monday
Acting in War Davis and Secretary Wilbur will testify as the first witnesses at the presidents air board hearing. Wilbur will present a navy report on relative value of ships subs and aircraft and defend the battleship as navy backbone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davis
Wilbur
Navy
President
Air Board
Army
Navy Air Services
William Mitchell
Army Air Chief
White House
Army Air Arm
Patrick
Army Air Service
Mitchell
Seattle
Wash
Navy Department
Air Service
Robinson
Naval Station
Bremerton
Catholic Church Plans Counter Campaign Against Sovietism
Washington reports the Catholic Church will begin a counter campaign to curb soviet influence in the United States. Floyd Keeler, field secretary of the Catholic Union, stated this at the National Council of Catholic Men session. Pope Pius XI urges lay Catholics worldwide to aid in this effort. Walter T. Johnson of Kenton Ohio was elected president, succeeding Rear Admiral W. S. Benson, who will be feted tomorrow on his 70th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Floyd Keeler
Catholic Union
National Council of Catholic Men
Pius XI
Walter T. Johnson
Kenton
Ohio
W.S. Benson
Oil Well Supply Company Increases Capital Stock
Pittsburg on September 18 stockholders approved raising the capital stock of the Oil Well Supply Company from 1 500 000 to 22 000 000. The plan divides into 70 000 shares of convertible seven percent cumulative stock and 600 000 shares of common stock. Of the common, only a portion is authorized for immediate issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Child Rescued From Under Pile of Coal
Three year old Cassid Gadwell was buried under almost 100 tons of coal for about an hour in Easton Pennsylvania after a coal house wall collapsed onto his aunt's yard. Firemen and police freed him unhurt though he suffered shock. he was taken to a hospital for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Cassid Gadwell
Joseph Gadwell
Mela Kosky
Kosky Yard
Tornado Strikes Veterans Hospital in Tucson
A tornado hit the Macartan veterans hospital in Tucson Arizona causing heavy damage to the canteen building and hospital garage. Telegraph poles and trees were blown down and a cloudburst followed with rapid rainwater flooding streets and overflowing nearby rivers. No loss of life reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Macartan Veterans Hospital
Tuscon
Santa Cruz
Killite
Uruguay bows to fears on world court revision
Geneva reports Uruguay withdraws a resolution to revise the world court statutes. Juay A Buero signals intent to reintroduce the measure after U.S. adherence is settled, citing two possible readjustments: judges election and compulsory arbitration clause. He notes Britain’s stance on compulsory arbitration in prize disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Uruguay
World Court of Justice
United States
World Court
Switzerland
Y. A. Buero
M. Rolin
Great Britain
Ramsey MacDonald
Kuero
Chester Girls Starving Themselves For Silhouette Figures
In Chester Pennsylvania on September 18 officials report high school girls aim for stylish silhouettes and grow dangerously underweight. Dr Harry Schulman cites rising underweight after age fourteen with 18 percent below dagger line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association
Harry Schulman
Seven M. E. Conferences Vote for Unification
Chicago Sept 18 Seven conferences of the Methodist Episcopal church voted for unification with the Methodist Church South. Laymen to annual ministers meetings was approved in several conferences though one rejected it. Voting lists Ohio Nebraska Southern California Des Moines Iowa New Mexico Illinois Central Illinois with Montanas Des Moines New Mexico Nebraska and Illinois approving the laymen proposal and Central Illinois rejecting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church South
Ohio
Nebraska
California
Des Moines
Iowa
New Mexico
Illinois
Central Illinois
Montana
Iinois
Freight Trains Meet Head-On in Tunnel Near Mingo Junction
Stubenville Ohio September 18 Freight trains of the Pittsburg and West Virginia Railroad collided head on in a tunnel near Mingo Junction Ohio early today Brakeman J Moleskie 24 of Graf ton Pawas killed and several others injured Seven freight cars and one engine were demolished as both trains slowed to take a siding preventing a larger disaster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubenville
Ohio
J. Moleskie
Grafton
Pittsburg and
West Virginia
Mingo Junction
Pittsburg
Hugh Knnsely
Fairmont
W. Ya
Williahh W. Pope
Dallas
Texas
Pope
Wilma Lawler
Knnsely
Lawler
Federal Council Vouches Authenticity of Prohibition Report
The Federal Council of Churches officially vouched for the six part prohibition report from its research and education department. Dr Clarence True Wilson questioned its authenticity. The council affirms it is a factual document not reflecting council policy. The body is allied with more than thirty denominations and supports national prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Associated Press
Administrative Commission
Washington
Research and Educational Department
Council
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Church of America
John A. Marquis
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church Today
Department of Research and Education
Federal Council
The
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Methodist
Presbyterian
Baptist
Christian
Episcopal
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
William F. McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bill McDowell
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Lloyd George unfolds agricultural policy in land reform drive
London reports former Prime Minister Lloyd George launching a back-to-the-land campaign aimed at farmers. He proposes state control of agricultural land with tenant protection, eviction of inefficient farmers, land transfer to industrial workers, land-bank credit, and landlords paid annual rent based on productive worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Killerton Park
Exeter
England
LaFollette Jr Opens Last Drive For Senate
Milwaukee dispatch reports Robert M. LaFollette Jr. began his final campaign push from Stevens Point as anti LaFollette factions clash over independents in the September 29 senatorial race. Daniel Woodward withdraws, while Ku Klux Klan factions deny backing Roy Wilcox and refuse to name a new endorsement recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Stevens Point
Daniel Woodward
Woodward
B. Lewis
Imperial Ku Klux Klan
Wisconsin
Roy P. Wilcox
Mr. Lewis
Exchange of Army Officers Urged for Permanent Policy
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Paul B. Malone and Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds support a permanent exchange policy between the American and Japanese armies. The plan follows the first six months of observation by two Japanese officers and notes reciprocity with two American officers attached to the Japanese forces. Colonel Morita, Japanese military attaché, thanks the U.S. for the exchanges and urges formal adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Paul B. Malone
Ernest Hinds
Eighth Corps
Kanuzo Kinemura
J. Shimono
Japan
First Infantry
Twelfth Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Man
H. Morita
Malone
William €. Crane, Jr
Warren J. Clear
Oejor
Crane
Clear
Saklatvala Case Closed Incident
Washington reports President Coolidge stated government officials had no alternative but to revoke Shapurji Saklatvala's passport visa after his revolutionary utterances. Senator Borah criticized the decision as potentially harming trade with India while noting other delegates may be more communist but no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Shapurji Saklatvala
Inter-Parliamentary Union
United States
Saklatvala
Inter- Parliamentary Union
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
India
Pitt
Decorated war relief worker jailed for debt
Boston physician Dr. Emily Clark MacLeod once honored for relief work in the Near East and Siberia is jailed for four nights over a $174 plumbers bill. Cited to the poor debtors court, she was ordered to pay and held in contempt after failing to obey. Judge Duff said no other remedy existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Emily Clark MacLeod
Near East
Siberia
Fred J. Bieler
Ambassador Hodges declines Tokyo post to keep his children in the U.S.
William V. Hodges of Denver, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, refused the ambassadorship to Tokyo after Chiefly choosing not to disturb his children's education in the United States. The post was left vacant by Edgar A. Bancroft's death, and a replacement had been chosen but not announced pending acceptance clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William V. Hodges
Denver
Colo
Republican National Committee
United States
Hodges
White House
President Coolidge
Tokio
Edgar A. Bancroft
Speedboat riddled with bullets captured after champagne raid
New York dispatch says a forty five foot speedboat with armor plated superstructure was seized in the North River after coast guard cutters blocked an attempted landing of 225 cases of champagne. The craft circled the Statue of Liberty twice before the chase ended. Four occupants escaped with injuries, the pilot house protected by bullet proof glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North River
Coast Guard
Bedloe’s Island
Addiing
Body in Iowa Not Dutch Anderson
Washington reports post office inspectors seek the fugitive George Anderson known as Dutch, a noted thief and killer, after a Dubuque body rumor. He escaped Atlanta penitentiary in 1923 and is wanted on murder charges in Muncie. rewards total 1500 dollars.
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Washington
Postoffice
George
Dutch) Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Atlanta
Dubuque
Iowa
Anderson
Rush D. Simmons
Indiana
Muncie
Charles Wolf
Ben Hance
Chapman
Simmons
Eight Players Named for American Golf Walker Cup Team
The United States Golf Association announced eight players will make up the American team to compete for the Walker International Cup next spring, reducing from ten. Championships sites include Amateur at Baltusrol New Jersey and Women’s at Merion Ardmore. Public Links at Buffalo. Scioto considered for Open. annual meeting in Chicago January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Golf Association
Baltusrol Golf Club
Shorthills
N. J
Merion Cricket Club
Ard
Public Links
Buffalo
Howell Seeks Immediate Bond Conversion of Foreign Debts
Nebraska Senator Howell told Washington he will push in December for immediate conversion of all foreign obligations into negotiable bonds. He argues this would strengthen U S fiscal leverage with debtor nations, while debt commission officials say such conversion has already occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howell
Nebraska
Congress
United States
American Debt Commission
Treasury
Floyd G. Blair
Commission
Rioting erupts between Ku Klux sympathizers and townsmen in North Brookfield
In North Brookfield Massachusetts on September 18 two men Daniel Harrington and Wallace Foote were arrested for rioting after a clash between Ku Klux Klan sympathizers and locals. Police chief Steven Quill was overpowered and Edmund Downey was struck. About 1500 people attended the meeting. State police escorted Klansmen vehicles from the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northbrook Field
Mass
Steven Quill
North Brookfield
Edmund V. Downey
Daniel Harrington
Wallace Foote
Brookfield
State Patrol
Four Girls Drown in Red River Rescue Effort Fails
Four girls from Doddridge Ark died at Spring Bank Red River when one swam beyond her depth and three others attempted a rescue. Victims were Mary Russell 1 Beatrice Eves 16 Ida Mae Evana 13 and Cleo Evans 11.
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Texarkana
Ark
Red River
Spring Bank
Mary Russell
Beatrice Eves
Ida Mae Evana
Cleo Evans
Doddridge
Chinese delegation urges tariff autonomy and end to extraterritorial rights
At the Johns Hopkins conference on Chinese American relations, Dr. Clarence K. Young presented a statement from a Chinese group demanding full immediate restitution of tariff autonomy and abolition of extraterritorial rights. The group described itself as representative and united for a common national aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John Hopkins
Clarence K. 8. Young
Washington
China
Coolidge Congratulates Chilean President on Independence
President Coolidge telegraphed to President Alessandri of Chile offering sincere pleasure and cordial greetings to the Chilean people on the anniversary of Chile's independence and best wishes for the president's health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Alessandri
Chile
Republic
Beer Runner Paid Privileges at Cook County Jail
Federal officials hold a statement that Terry Druggan paid Captain Wesley Westbrook twenty thousand five hundred dollars for jail privileges while serving a sentence for contempt. The claim was made by Fred Strassheim to Sheriff Peter Hoffman and handed to the government. Henry Forest testified Westbrook’s former secretary accompanied Druggan outside the jail on orders and that Druggan’s absences were logged. Druggan and associate Frank Lake face contempt charges. Lake was returned to jail after a premature release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Terry Druggan
Wesley Westbrook
Cook County
Druggan
Fred Strassheim
Peter M. Hoffman
Strassheim
Druggen
Westbrook
Henry Forest
Frank Lake
Hoffman
George H. Weideling
Lake
World speed record set by Lieutenant Williams in Curtiss racer
Lieutenant Alford Williams of the U S N set an unofficial world speed record of 302.3 mph in a Curtiss racer airship weighing 2200 pounds at Mitchell Field. The craft, designed for 255 mph, aims to win the Pulitzer race in October and compete in the Jacques Schneider trophy later this October in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Meld
N. Y
Alford Williams
Mitchell Pield
Williams
W. D. Gilmore
Adjutant Florentin Bonnet
Manhasset Bay
Baltimore
Postal lottery schemes ruled unlawful by official
Washington reports Solicitor Donnelly of the post office department declared the latest newspaper scheme to boost circulation by offering prizes for $1 or $2 bills illegal under postal lottery laws. He barred mails to publications using such prize offers and cited section 218 penalties of up to $1,000 fine or two years imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solicitor Donnelly
Post Office Department
New York
Burlington railroad car inspector shoots wife then himself
Walter S. Trout a Burlington railroad car inspector and deacon shot his wife in the hip after becoming angry over her bobbed hair. He then shot himself in the head. Doctors say Mrs. Trout will live but there is little hope for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
Walter S. Trout
Burlington Railroad
Dawes Ends 5500 Mile Western Trip on Senate Rules
Vice President Charles G. Dawes wraps a 5500 mile tour advocating reform of Senate rules and says the issue now rests with the people. He enjoyed diversions including a circus, meetings with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, a ride on an electric locomotive, and the San Francisco Jubilee celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
San Francisco
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Probers
Catholic Church
Veterans’ Hospital
M. E
Council Vouches For Authenticity Day Law Report
Lafollette
Serted
America
Dutch Anderson
Scioto Country Club
Columbus
William Pope
Olating
Mann
KU Klux
Baker
Oregon
Robert N Stanfield
F. C. McCulloch
Stanfield
McCulloch
Lieut. Williams
Curtiss
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